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Fort Sumter
7 Southern states have already seceded from the Union and claimed all of their forts and arsenals that were already there. 2 forts remained under federal jurisdiction; Fort Pickens, and Fort Sumter. Sumter had no stragetic value to the Union because it was incomplete and had guns pointing to sea. When Prez Lincoln came into office, the Feds demanded evacuation of the fort, which gave Lincoln 2 choices: Either resupply the fort, or retreat. Lincoln decided to resupply when the Feds attacked. -
First Bull Run
McDowell's force struck first on July 21, shelling the enemy while troops crossed the river at Sudley Ford in an attempt to flank the Feds. Over 2 hours 10k Fed troops pushed back 4.5k rebels. Onlookers watched prematurely celebrating a Union victory but reinforcements from Johnston's army soon arrived on the battlefield to rally the Fed troops. At 4 pm they were in a deadlock and Beauregard issued a counter strike, shouting while advancing. The Feds won but they were too unorganized to press on -
Hampton Roads
This was a battle were the feds tried to break the union blockade of the southern ports useing there warships with this began a new era useing naval warfare. The union ironclad monitar had displaid a whole new design for naval ships. Crews on the ships were very inexperienced and fireing was no use. March 8th marked an end to wooden navy ships and raised fails hope. -
Shiloh
Known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, the Battle of Shiloh was the 2nd great engagement of the Civil War. On April 6, 1862, Confederate generals launched a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's troops in Tennessee.Grant's next aim was to attack the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, so he encamped his troops on the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing.Although there were no losers, it was a Confederate failure; both sides were immobilized for the next three weeks because of the heavy deaths. -
Antietam
This was the first battle on american soil.Though McClellan wasent able to unite his numerical superiority to crush Lee's army, he was able to stop the souths advance to the north. Gave the president enough political power for Emancipation Proclamation and was the bloodiest single day with more than 22,000 deaths.Lee withdrew across the river on September 18, suffering 10,318 casualties of 38,000 to McClellan's 12,401 of 75,000. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
The Battle of Fredricksburg was fought from December 11-13 1862 in Fredricksburg, Virginia between Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army and the Unions Army of Potomac, lead reluctantly by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside and Henry Halleck had a miscommunication, the pontoons were late arriving, while the Confederates held a strong on Marye's Heights. The Union suffered nearly 13,000 casualities, while the Confederates barely had 5,000. -
Chancellorsville
Considered General Robert E. Lees greatest victory. Even though the enemys troops were double his own he split his troops in two and traps them. Even though it was a great victor it cam at a great loss of one of his most trusted generals. After this battle he would now have the tactics to lead him to gettysburgh. -
Gettysburg
During the attack around the area of devils den the feds had kept lil round top but lost devils den and the orchard and the field. there was an estimated amount of around 35,000 killed within just 2 days of fighting. -
Vicksburg
Union forces had a campaign to capture Confederate Vicksburg, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, halfway between Memphis and Tennessee. When the Feds lost Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Memphis, and New Orleans, Vicksburg became the key point in defence of the Mississippi River. The Union had many expeditions to try and capture Vicksburg, but after many failures Grant made a bold move and flanked it. The Commander John Pemberton tried to get reinforcements, but couldn't and had to retreat. -
Chickamauga
During the late Summer of 1863, both forces were struggling for control of the railroad center of Chattanooga. Gen. Rosecrans had pushed Bragg's Army out and moved his army of 60k to Chickamauga. Confederate morale was low, the arrival of reinforcements helped perk up Bragg's forces. On the first day, Bragg's men attacked repeatedly, both sides suffering casualities. -
Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness began on the morning of May 5, when Fed troops led by Richard Ewell clashed with the Union's 5th Corps near the Orange Turnpike. The fires ignited by rifle bursts and exploding shells had trapped and killed many of the wounded. Shortly after 5 a.m. on May 6, the Union 2nd Corps, led by Winfield Scott Hancock, attacked along Plank Road. moving in a battle line more than a mile long, the Feds were able to drive back A.P. Hill's Confederates nearly a mile. Was no win. -
Spotsylvania
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes refered to as the battle of Spotsylvania was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's campaign in the American Civil War. Grant's army disengaged from Robert E. Lee's army to try and lure Lee into more favorable conditions for Grant's army. They battled on and off from May 8 - 21, 1864 having no conclusive battles. There were 32,000 casualities on both sides, the most costly in Grant's Campaign. -
Siege of Petersburg
Petersburg, an important rail center 23 miles south of Richmond, was a major strategic point for the defense of the Confederate capital. On June 9, 1864 the Union army began a rebel of the two cities, with both sides rapidly constructing fortifications of 35 miles long. Lee immediately informed President Jefferson Davis that the two cities could no longer be held, and the evacuation was done over night all do to them being pushed back to far. The surrender was held on Apirl 9 atAppomattox Court -
Sherman's March to the Sea
On September 2, Sherman's troops captured Atlanta, which was a major achievement because Atlanta was a major hub for industry for the Confederates. When the Confederate lost the Atlantic, they started heading west to Tennessee and Alabama. Sherman was reluctant to chase fer the South, but in the end he split his troops into 2 groups. When his troops arrived in Savannah on December 21, 1864, 3 weeks after they left Atlanta, they found that the city was abandoned, and he continued along the coast. -
Lincoln’s Assassination
The man who killed Lincoln was John Wilkes Booth who was born 1838. He thought that by doing so he would be known as a hero in the south for killing the president that ruined their way of life. The fact is that it was easy for him to get in because he was accualy in the show bissuness. Not only that but in reallity the people who could succeed Lincoln were also supost to die but that did not go completely as planed. Because of this thier plan was a failer.
